I jumped up from the table so quickly, I nearly knocked everything off of it. I ran to her side and scooped her up, her squeals making my dick hard. “I love you so much, baby girl.”
“I love you too, so much.”
I kissed her long and hard before making a beeline for the staircase.
“Hey we have work!” Ember laughed.
“Guess we’ll be late today!” I said as I carried her upstairs and back to bed.
Then I fucked her brains out and showed her just how much I really loved her.
We survivedour evening apart and when she showed up on my doorstep, looking tired after a busy Saturday at the salon, I surprised her with dinner and a self-care night. I knew she needed the pampering, especially before we headed to her sister’s storage until the next day.
After feeding her a dinner of garlic bread and lasagna, we bathed together, where I massaged her shoulders and feet. Afterwards, we slipped into comfortable pajamas and curled up on the couch with a movie and eye strips under our eyes.
“I love you.” I kissed the top of Ember’s head. It felt so amazing to say those special words to her.
“I love you, too.”
We made love that night, slow and tender, kissing and caressing each other with slow touches. We said I love you again and again, me buried deep inside her until the wee hours of the morning.
I made her a hearty breakfast of fruit covered pancakes, and we drove to her sister’s storage unit, hand in hand.
Ember squeezed my hand as I turned into the parking lot. “Thank you for being here for me.”
“Always, baby girl.”
We spent the morning going through her sister’s belongings. Ember cried and laughed, got angry at her sister being stolen away by a careless, drunk driver, but she mostly shared memories with me, memories that made her smile.
“This was the Christmas I got my Barbie dream house. Elena was so jealous even though she always teased me and said she hated Barbies. She was more of a tomboy, playing ball in the yard, skinning her knees, and making messy mud pies. While I had my dolls and my Barbies and madeneatmud pies full of berries and twigs.” Ember smiled as she remembered, her eyes lighting up. “We couldn’t be more opposite, but we stuck together like glue. Probably because of parents couldn’t give us the time of day. I often wondered why they even had children.”
“I’m glad they did. If not, you wouldn’t be here.” I pulled her in for a hug and held her close against me. “You’re an amazing woman, you know that?”
“Thank you. And thank you for not hating me when I showed up not looking like the pictures.”
“Ha! I could never. Besides I figured it was you talking to me. And that’s who I fell in love with. Not whoever was in the pictures.”
“How did I get so lucky?” She searched my eyes before pressing a soft kiss against my lips.
“More like how did I. I plan on making you my wife one day, baby girl. No doubt about it.”
“I became a mail-order bride after all.” She remarked and I chuckled before kissing her with all of my love poured in.
EPILOGUE
Ember
Six months later
“I’m goingto miss you! Even though I barely saw you these past six months.” Dottie pouted from where she stood at the head of the driveway, Khai putting the last of my things in his truck.
“I know. I’ll miss you too. But we’re going to have a girls night. Once a week. Khai will go out with his friends, and I’ll come over here or you can come to me. Deal?” I wrapped my arms around my best friend and pulled her close. “I love you so much.”
“I love you too. Don’t forget about me.”
“I could never. You do remember we still text every day, right?”
Dottie chuckled. “Uh huh. But still.”
